I do believe that the situation is trending less favorably for the regime. And if I were him, I would find the opportunity to look to the negotiating table. Martin Dempsey More Quotes by Martin Dempsey More Quotes From Martin Dempsey At the planning level, it's not theoretical. It's very practical, looking at geographic locations, road networks, airfields, places where we can actually establish these hubs. Martin Dempsey top-news But I could conceive of one potentially somewhere in the corridor that runs from Baghdad to Tikrit to Kirkuk and over into Mosul. So we're looking at that area. Martin Dempsey top-news We’ve made some recommendations on potential enhancements to the training and equip mission. Martin Dempsey politics If a deal is made, we've got work to do. If a deal is not made, we've got work to do, and I think we've built up enough trust and confidence in each other – military to military – that we're prepared to do that work. Martin Dempsey world The Iraqis are under pressure there and have lost some control of the perimeter and some control of the road network that leads to it through the emplacement of ... IEDs (improved explosive devices), we've been working with them. We've conducted 26 airstrikes since the fifth of May. Martin Dempsey energy It actually also sits on a corridor that runs from the Tigris River valley to the Euphrates River valley. And so it's geographically significant as well as significant economically. Martin Dempsey energy Eighteen of 18 pallets landed on the intended target. Martin Dempsey energy Now the scope and scale of that protection is the part of this that’s being actively debated, but the program won’t succeed unless they believe themselves to have a reasonable chance of survival. Martin Dempsey world The U.S. may not like Iranian influence in Iraq. Martin Dempsey world What I'm trying to sort out, actually, is the degree to which their near-term embrace of the assistance they're receiving from Iran is a reaction to the existential threat [posed by ISIS], or whether it is something longer-term. Martin Dempsey world Anything anyone does to counter ISIS is in the main a good outcome. Martin Dempsey world This is not an enemy that is sitting around in the open desert waiting for me to come find it and either use U.S. or French aircraft to attack it, they did some of that in the beginning and paid the price. So the enemy has adapted and they have developed tactics and techniques that make them a little more difficult to find. Martin Dempsey latest-headlines This is going to require some strategic patience. Martin Dempsey latest-headlines Carpet bombing through Iraq is not the answer. Martin Dempsey latest-headlines Yeah, I do, the numbers are overwhelming. Martin Dempsey us The only one that can balance that is the prime minister of Iraq, so I want to get his views on how he is seeking to balance that concern. Martin Dempsey us The important thing about this operation in Tikrit is less about how the military aspect of it goes and more about what follows. Martin Dempsey us The first thing that begins to erode and disappear is simultaneity, we're going to be less likely to be able to do more than one major thing at a time. Martin Dempsey politics He's conducting an internal inquiry. Martin Dempsey politics But that does not imply we're not doing enough. Martin Dempsey latest-headlines
